To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren't afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
The person in misery does not need a look that judges and criticizes but a comforting presence that brings peace and hope… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
A community that is growing rich and seeks only to defend its goods and its reputation is dying. It has ceased to… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“Community as belonging . . . Each person with his or her history of being accepted or rejected, with his or her… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
We all know well that we can do things for others and in the process crush them, making them feel that they… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
A Christian community should do as Jesus did: propose and not impose. Its attraction must lie in the radiance cast by the… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that in the present time, in spite of the difficulties man has to meet another in a state of… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
When children are loved, they live off trust; their bides and hearts open up to those who respect and love them, who… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Every human being is a mixture of light and darkness, trust and fear, love and hate. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love. ” — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“The word love has been so abused by publicity and advertisements that we no longer know really what it means.” — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“Community, a place of healing and growth . . . The wound in all of us, and which we are all trying… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“Flowing from this union, source of a plenitude of joy, the love of the couple reveals itself through the daily acceptance of… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
In any case, community is not about perfect people. It is about people who are bonded to each other, each of whom… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Each person with his or her history of being accepted or rejected, with his or her past history of inner pain and… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Love doesn't mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary things with tenderness. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Community is a sign that love is possible in a materialistic world where people so often either ignore or fight each other.… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
There is nothing stronger than a heart which loves and is freely given. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“If people in a community live only on the level of the human, rational, legalistic and active aspects and symbols of their… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
When we start helping the weak and the poor to rise everyone will begin to change. Those who have power and riches will start… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
...Individualistic material progress and the desire to gain prestige by coming out on top have taken over from the sense of fellowship, compassion and… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren't afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and of peace… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
The person in misery does not need a look that judges and criticizes but a comforting presence that brings peace and hope and life… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
All of us have a secret desire to be seen as saints, heroes, martyrs. We are afraid to be children, to be ourselves. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
To be free is to put justice, truth and service to others over and above our personal gain or our need for recognition, power,… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“Sympathies and antipathies . . . Human friendships can very quickly become a club of mediocrities, enclosed in mutual flattery and approval, preventing people… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
A community is only a community when the majority of its members are making the transition from 'the community for myself' to 'myself for… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Each person is sacred, no matter what his or her culture, religion, handicap, or fragility. Each person is created in God’s image; each one… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
But let us not put our sights too high. We do not have to be saviours of the world! We are simply human beings,… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
